Bog-standard
Alternative forms
Origin
Unknown. http://www.bbc.co.uk/worldservice/learningenglish/radio/specials/1728_uptodate/page25.shtml
Adjective
adjective
- (British, somewhat derogatory) ordinary, basic
- (unknown), New Society, Volume 14, It has become the custom of the industry to quote a basic selling price that applies only to a car so bog-standard that no one would normally want to buy it.
- Laura Harper, Tony Mudd, Paul Whitfield, Rough guide to New Zealand, The Ranch Milford Rd. Rumbustious locals haunt with bog-standard, but plentiful and cheap, Kiwi grub and drinks deals
- Andrew Eames, Something for the Weekend, Llanwrtyd Wells isn't particularly old, nor is it architecturally much more than bog-standard. However it sits in beguiling countryside...